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...belief that they would see bigger gestures in return, like true I.R.A. disarmament or a declaration that the war is over. They are suspicious that the I.R.A. is hanging around in case politics doesn't further its goal of a united Ireland. "Those unionists who took the leap of faith found that [Sinn Fein leader] Gerry Adams had packed the parachute badly," said Peter Brown, a 28-year-old unionist lawyer. As unionists watch the Catholic population grow - threatening to erase their majority - it's dawned on some of them that the best way to fend off a united Ireland...
...daughter's best friend or how much her son weighs. She's a victim of reverse intimacy; her associates soak up so much time that she stays in touch with her real friends through increasingly heartfelt messages in which she cancels plans yet again. Like many professionals who leap a social class, she wonders--when her child demands pasta instead of canned SpaghettiOs--if "I've traveled this far...only for my kids to grow up as jaded and spoiled as the people I was patronized by at college...
...news of Torricelli's decision filtered down the ranks, senior Democrats counseled themselves to remain calm. No need to panic - we just find a mid- to high-profile candidate who's willing to leap into a crucial Senate race with only 36 days before Election Day - and probably lose. Simple enough...
What's behind the leap? There's the slumping economy, of course. When unemployment rises, late payments aren't far behind. But Mortgage Bankers Association economist Doug Duncan cites two other factors: the wider availability of credit to people who have in the past had trouble paying their bills, and a proliferation of such innovative mortgage products as interest-only loans, which--because they drive monthly payments artificially low--have encouraged people to buy bigger homes than they can afford...
...giant leap backward for pop stars in space last week when the Russian space agency denied 'N Sync member LANCE BASS a place on its October mission. The agency raised the velvet rope after a consortium of Bass backers failed to cough up the $20 million cover charge required for entry onto the Soyuz space capsule. Bass had been training in Moscow and Houston, completing maneuvers in zero gravity and learning Russian, but his backers, including a production company hoping to film a documentary of the trip, missed several payment deadlines. Bass's seat will not go empty...